Tributes to the late, great iPod flood Twitter

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The iPod is officially dead. Music lovers just lost a best friend.
Many music lovers just lost a best friend.
Image: Basic Apple Guy

Soon after Apple officially killed the iPod on Tuesday, users flooded Twitter with remembrances of the little music player that changed the world when it barged onto the scene in 2001.

From tech influencers to industry analysts to garden-variety music lovers — you know, the folks whose ears lit up when Apple gave them a device that put 1,000 songs in their pockets — it was a genuine iPod lovefest.

Here are some of the finest tributes to the iPod.

Paying tribute to the iPod

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